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Wow @chwe thank you for the comprehensive answer. I'll go look over the threads you linked. Others are still welcome to give more suggestions or board recommendations. Does anyone have experience in regards of RAM consumption on such a setup? Should I consider 2GB as a benefit or is 1GB already good enough? (most sbcs till have 1GB)

Thanks @chwe for a fast response and your recommendations, I will look into it! Which SoC maker would then be a better choice or how can I find out that for myself (aren't all of those listed in sunxi table Allwiners)? Thanks!

Hello, I would like to set up a small server, mostly for home sftp & torrent needs (maybe a voip server like Mumble). My requirements and questions fall into 3 categories: 1.) Openness & community support 2.) Stability 3.) Future viability 1.) One of my main requirements is for the board to be open / running on as little software blobs as possible. I would like to support manufacturers who seem to care for open source community. The two main manufacturers I see mentioned regularly are Olimex and CubieTech and the A20 as a best supported SoC. I'm currently looking at CubieTruck and OLinuXino-Lime2 but I'm wandering: Q1: Would these be still considered "more open" when I don't have the need for any graphics and BT/WiFi connectivity compared to something with a H3 chip, like the OrangePi Plus 2e I already have? Q1.1: Any other board suggestions? More RAM is always welcome and a more capable processor never hurts as long as it's “open”. Q1.2: Are A64 based boards, like A64-OLinuXino currently still too "unstable/unreliable" in terms of openness / software support for my purpose? 2.) Stability I would like a fairly stable server of course, reasonable power consumption and not overheating. Q2: Are these two boards (CubieTruck & Lime2) any better in this regard than the OrangePi Plus 2e I already have? The mentioned OrangePi is idling just below 50°C for me and hits 70°C when playing a movie. Is this considered OK with a passive heatsink? 3.) Future viability Q3: Since the mentioned two boards (CubieTruck & Lime2) already somewhat old, one having only 1GB RAM. do you think they would be OK for the next 5 years or so for the described usage? Thanks! PS: @Igor reading trough the website and seeing you’re familiar with both boards I think you might have some advice for me. Would you be so kind and review my questions please? Thank you.